Nothing is more frustrating that a snapped quill when you want to make your favourite dry fly. I use a lot rooster quill because is natural. I hate plastic and I try to avoid it as much as possible. It is cheap and has unique colors and shades. Another thing : it is ...
These days you will find all kind of threads dedicated for fly tying purposes. I want to be short and I will write about choosing the proper tying thread for river flies. Talking about river flies it is good to have in mind that we need to create flies with a delicate profile. River insects ...
If you are tired or bored to make hot spots wrapping threads behind the beads here is a simple alternative. You can fix a few strands of body thread or synthetic dubbing fibers in different colours. Frankly who do not love nymphs with hot spots? Everybody use them and everybody are fishing them all over. ...
In Autumn fish are more picky and they eat small flies. Not because they do not love to eat big and succulent sedge or stone flies but in Autumn are a lot of midge and small flies. Based on these facts trout and grayling are feeding in frenzy with small and very small flies which ...
Until now, tying semi-realistic buzzers was not my favourite way to spend time. I hate when I do not make a proper segmentation. The UK guys are masters when we talk about these flies and I admire their work. These days Troutline Shop received a new stock of realistic tying materials and I started to ...
Hi guys, I received a few emails with requests from fishermen about tying tips , how to make easy, faster and better their flies. I never had in mind to do that because there are plenty of tying books. But anyway I decided to share from my experience about how ...
Hi guys, Here is a new riddle for you: you have to guess what is used for body. Common, Is not difficult:) This superb fly was generated long years ago in North Transylvania by a local teacher who is a fantastic fisherman and tier. The fly is tied simple as possible like all ...
San Juan Worm is a classic nymph which imitates the earth worms. It is nice, vivid, easy to tie, practically a hit in those time. Even today fishermen from US ( the place where this nymph appeared ) use it with fantastic results In Europe similar flies where tied in Poland, Czech Republic and other ...
Transparent resin scud is a super simple to tie fly. Just a feather to make the legs - to behave fluffy in water. If you guess which is the material used for legs then you will receive a complete kit so that you can be able to make 25 scuds The answer should be posted ...
Using Hare guard fur instead of hackle is super fun to tie and gives the possibility to create superb flies. Guard fur is waterproof due to special construction and has an unique pigmentation. A few advises when you work with this type of fur: use only the guard furthe best guard fur ...
